Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-21 Thread Cotty
On 21/9/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >> None of those things matter when you're well hung. > >Couldn't agree more. Or in my case well hung over... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com __

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Bob W wrote: > >> >http://homepage.mac.com/godders/well-hung-4740.jpg >> >> Holy shit, what an unlikely treo. Bob looks like he should be >> in a store window, Godders just stepped out of an F-16 and is >> missing the top half of his G-suit, and I look like I just

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-20 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 12:25:34PM +0100, mike wilson wrote: > Cotty wrote: > > >On 17/9/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > > >>http://homepage.mac.com/godders/well-hung-4740.jpg > > > > > >Holy shit, what an unlikely treo. Odd, I didn't see any cell phones. > > Less of the

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-19 Thread mike wilson
Cotty wrote: On 17/9/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/well-hung-4740.jpg Holy shit, what an unlikely treo. Less of the product placement, if you don't mind. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml

RE: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-18 Thread Bob W
> >http://homepage.mac.com/godders/well-hung-4740.jpg > > Holy shit, what an unlikely treo. Bob looks like he should be > in a store window, Godders just stepped out of an F-16 and is > missing the top half of his G-suit, and I look like I just > jumped from a freight barge heading for Amsterd

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-18 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://homepage.mac.com/godders/well-hung-4740.jpg Holy shit, what an unlikely treo. Bob looks like he should be in a store window, Godders just stepped out of an F-16 and is missing the top half of his G-suit, and I look like I just jumped f

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Sep 18, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Richard D Bush wrote: Y do you ask? Z list is out of control. RB On Sep 18, 2009, at 1:01 PM, Bob W wrote: Remember, it's the K-x, not the K-Y!!! jm Ya but what comes after "x"? xi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-18 Thread Richard D Bush
Y do you ask? RB On Sep 18, 2009, at 1:01 PM, Bob W wrote: Remember, it's the K-x, not the K-Y!!! jm Ya but what comes after "x"? xi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link direct

RE: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-18 Thread Bob W
> > Remember, it's the K-x, not the K-Y!!! > > > > jm > > Ya but what comes after "x"? > xi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-18 Thread Thibouille
Right Godfrey, too bad it's not written Olympus or Panasonic on it, you'd magically find it super cool. What a pity isn't it? -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-18 Thread Graydon
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 07:24:31AM -0500, Gonz scripsit: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:07 PM, John Mullan wrote: > > Remember, it's the K-x, not the K-Y!!! > > Ya but what comes after "x"? Well, they went from 'm' to 'x'. M is the 13th letter of the modern Latin alphabet. X is the 24th letter.

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-18 Thread eckinator
K-Mart? The Pentax for the masses? ]=) 2009/9/18 Gonz : > > Ya but what comes after "x"? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-18 Thread Gonz
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:07 PM, John Mullan wrote: > Remember, it's the K-x, not the K-Y!!! > > jm Ya but what comes after "x"? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and fo

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Adam Maas
Lower-middle range really. Equivalent to the Nikon D5000 in most respects. This is the market position that sells by far the most DSLR's and Pentax hasn't had a viable entry in 12-24 months. -Adam On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > so the big news was a new bottom of th

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:01 PM Subject: Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645) Christine Aguila wrote: From: "Mark Roberts" Christ

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Aguila wrote: >From: "Mark Roberts" > >> Christine Aguila wrote: >> >>>Well, Bob has always claimed his equipment was "well hung," hasn't he? >>>;-) >> >> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/well-hung-4740.jpg >> >Well, that makes the 6th time you guys have shown me that pic. I'm keepi

RE: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Desjardins, Steve
". Subject: Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645) Well, that makes the 6th time you guys have shown me that pic. I'm keeping track on a little posted note stuck to my monitor. ;-) Cheers, Christine --- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Christine Aguila
2009 9:44 PM Subject: Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645) Christine Aguila wrote: Well, Bob has always claimed his equipment was "well hung," hasn't he? ;-) http://homepage.mac.com/godders/well-hung-4740.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Aguila wrote: >Well, Bob has always claimed his equipment was "well hung," hasn't he? ;-) http://homepage.mac.com/godders/well-hung-4740.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Christine Aguila
Well, Bob has always claimed his equipment was "well hung," hasn't he? ;-) - Original Message - From: "Cotty" To: "pentax list" Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:11 PM Subject: Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 6

RE: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF,, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Bob W" > > >Wow. Still talking about Bob's buttocks, eh? > > >I tell ya, Bob: you could make money at this. > > > > Here's Bob at a recent PDML meet: > > > > > > > > I never did find my lens pen after that incident wit

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi so the big news was a new bottom of the line DSLR? Somehow Bob's buttocks were more, um, sensational. Yeah, but they probably aren't as good as all the hype either. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCR

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Margus M?nnik No, but it ensures that you'll buy a new lens much sooner - besides the bayonet, there are more metal parts replaced to plastic ones inside. OTOH, I have had "plasticky" FAJ 18-35 for many years, and it 's still like new. Not much of a recommendation. I've also got a "like

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "paul stenquist" Subject: Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645) 2009/9/17 Margus Männik : I've worked for years in mobile phone assembly plant (it's LOTS of

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" so the big news was a new bottom of the line DSLR? Somehow Bob's buttocks were more, um, sensational. Bum-er -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 17, 2009, at 14:47 , Bob W wrote: Wow. Still talking about Bob's buttocks, eh? I tell ya, Bob: you could make money at this. Here's Bob at a recent PDML meet: I never did find my lens pen after that incident with th

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread John Graves
Cotty, Is that a bad line rearing it's head? John Graves WA1JG jh.gra...@verizon.net Cotty wrote: On 17/9/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: On the PDML? Good point. I had some decent behaviours once but I rectum. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Plac

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF,, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Miserere 2009/9/16 paul stenquist : > I don't care enough to be disappointed. Cameras are tools. I've never been > disappointed with the release of a screwdriver or hammer. Ditto for cameras. > Paul > > On Sep 16, 2009, at 2:59 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > >> I find it a bit more soothing ju

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Mark Roberts
paul stenquist wrote: >> 2009/9/17 Margus Männik : >>> I've worked for years in mobile phone assembly plant (it's LOTS of >>> screwing) >> >Oooh! I hope they have some openings. Well since there's lots of screwing, I'd assume their openings are all m-42. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@

RE: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Bob W
> > >Wow. Still talking about Bob's buttocks, eh? > > >I tell ya, Bob: you could make money at this. > > > > Here's Bob at a recent PDML meet: > > > > > > > > I never did find my lens pen after that incident with the deck chair

RE: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Bob W
> > >Wow. Still talking about Bob's buttocks, eh? > >I tell ya, Bob: you could make money at this. > > Here's Bob at a recent PDML meet: > > > I never did find my lens pen after that incident with the deck chair. Bob -- PDM

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread John Mullan
Remember, it's the K-x, not the K-Y!!! jm - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:51 PM Subject: Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645) So you're i

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >so the big news was a new bottom of the line DSLR? > >Somehow Bob's buttocks were more, um, sensational. Well, this new camera is certain to provide a big boost to Pentax's "bottom line". -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pd

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Miserere
2009/9/17 eckinator : > 2009/9/17 P. J. Alling : >> >> Mark would have to be asleep, no let me rephrase that, Mark would have to be >> DEAD not to catch that one. > > so Mark doesn't mean the act of marking? MARK! --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingThe

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread P. J. Alling
I should have known... Cotty wrote: On 17/9/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: Wow. Still talking about Bob's buttocks, eh? I tell ya, Bob: you could make money at this. Here's Bob at a recent PDML meet:

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >Wow. Still talking about Bob's buttocks, eh? >I tell ya, Bob: you could make money at this. Here's Bob at a recent PDML meet: -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

RE: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Desjardins, Steve
To: pentax list Subject: Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645) On 17/9/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >On the PDML? Good point. I had some decent behaviours once but I rectum. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Pla

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >On the PDML? Good point. I had some decent behaviours once but I rectum. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discu

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/17/2009 11:20:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, p...@web-options.com writes: Goddam right they are! Those cameras have only one colour each - I've got buttocks like a horny mandrill. (There's no space between man & drill, I hasten to add!) Bob = TMI. Marnie a

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread paul stenquist
2009/9/17 Margus Männik : I've worked for years in mobile phone assembly plant (it's LOTS of screwing) Oooh! I hope they have some openings. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link d

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread paul stenquist
On Sep 17, 2009, at 12:53 PM, John Francis wrote: On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 05:55:49PM +0300, Margus M?nnik wrote: http://www.pentax.jp/english/news/2009/200918.html Even worse than expected... Oh, come on! It's just the next camera I expected to see from Pentax - cheap, low(er)-res sensor, v

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread P. J. Alling
Bob W wrote: so the big news was a new bottom of the line DSLR? Somehow Bob's buttocks were more, um, sensational. Goddam right they are! Those cameras have only one colour each - I've got buttocks like a horny mandrill. (There's no space between man & drill, I hasten to add!) Bob

RE: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Bob W
> so the big news was a new bottom of the line DSLR? > > Somehow Bob's buttocks were more, um, sensational. Goddam right they are! Those cameras have only one colour each - I've got buttocks like a horny mandrill. (There's no space between man & drill, I hasten to add!) Bob -- PDML Pentax-D

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread eckinator
I hope he has a degree in Marksmanship with that responsibility bestowed upon him... OK that was an oldie I guess... Thanks for the heads up Ecke 2009/9/17 P. J. Alling : > eckinator wrote: >> >> 2009/9/17 P. J. Alling : >> >>> >>> Mark would have to be asleep, no let me rephrase that, Mark would

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread P. J. Alling
eckinator wrote: 2009/9/17 P. J. Alling : Mark would have to be asleep, no let me rephrase that, Mark would have to be DEAD not to catch that one. so Mark doesn't mean the act of marking? No. Mark means Mark Roberts, keeper of the PDML Quotations list, a distillation of the sillin

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Margus Männik
I don't really care about if it's good or bad screwing in Vietnam. Cruel but true - the more they screw plant workers, the less we (end-users) will be screwed. BRM P. J. Alling wrote: So you're intimating that there's lots of screwing going on in Pentax's Vietnam Plant? Gee, I hope it's the

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread eckinator
2009/9/17 P. J. Alling : > > Mark would have to be asleep, no let me rephrase that, Mark would have to be > DEAD not to catch that one. so Mark doesn't mean the act of marking? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PD

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Margus Männik
Those cheap lenses have HUGE manufacturing tolerances. If the product itself and the production processes are designed properly, there should be literally no way to "assembly done wrong". Call it "manufactural foolproofing" if you like. In other words, "kit lenses" and "precision assembly" are

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread P. J. Alling
eckinator wrote: 2009/9/17 Margus Männik : I've worked for years in mobile phone assembly plant (it's LOTS of screwing) Mark! Mark would have to be asleep, no let me rephrase that, Mark would have to be DEAD not to catch that one. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net ht

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread P. J. Alling
So you're intimating that there's lots of screwing going on in Pentax's Vietnam Plant? Gee, I hope it's the good kind. Margus Männik wrote: Well... no. In US or Western Europe it would be really cheaper to "hire" a robot. In rest of the world, low-paid human with screwdriver is MUCH cheaper t

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread eckinator
2009/9/17 Margus Männik : > I've worked for years in mobile phone assembly plant (it's LOTS of screwing) Mark! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the direction

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 05:55:49PM +0300, Margus M?nnik wrote: > http://www.pentax.jp/english/news/2009/200918.html > Even worse than expected... Oh, come on! It's just the next camera I expected to see from Pentax - cheap, low(er)-res sensor, video-capable, and in a variety of colours. It should

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 07:42:14PM +0300, Margus Männik scripsit: > Graydon wrote: >> Attaching the metal plate is a labour-intensive step. If they can >> avoid that, it's probably a good boost to the margin. > > Well... no. In US or Western Europe it would be really cheaper to > "hire" a robot. I

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 09:34:57AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi scripsit: > so the big news was a new bottom of the line DSLR? It's a new intro model, sure. It's a rather ferociously spec'd intro model, and it's, possibly for the first time in living memory, a place where Pentax is out in front of all

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread P. J. Alling
Only if they're wandering around on their own. Actually I'm wondering what the high ISO performance is like. It wouldn't be the first time that Pentax had a low end camera preform better than the "Flagship", at least in some areas. Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: so the big news was a new bottom of

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Margus Männik
Well... no. In US or Western Europe it would be really cheaper to "hire" a robot. In rest of the world, low-paid human with screwdriver is MUCH cheaper than screwdriving machinery. I've worked for years in mobile phone assembly plant (it's LOTS of screwing) and seen many production cost calcula

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
so the big news was a new bottom of the line DSLR? Somehow Bob's buttocks were more, um, sensational. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link dire

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread P. J. Alling
In fact, I've had a FA 28-70 about half disassembled and there was damn little metal in that lens. Margus Männik wrote: No, but it ensures that you'll buy a new lens much sooner - besides the bayonet, there are more metal parts replaced to plastic ones inside. OTOH, I have had "plasticky" FAJ 1

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't take this a particularly bad news. The camera isn't my first choice, but a lot of people will like it. It has a higher frame rate than anything I currently own and with the video capability I'll be it has a reasonable buffer. Might even make a decent backup body for a K-7. This looks

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 06:27:14PM +0300, Margus Männik scripsit: > No, but it ensures that you'll buy a new lens much sooner - besides > the bayonet, there are more metal parts replaced to plastic ones > inside. OTOH, I have had "plasticky" FAJ 18-35 for many years, and it > 's still like new.

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Margus Männik
No, but it ensures that you'll buy a new lens much sooner - besides the bayonet, there are more metal parts replaced to plastic ones inside. OTOH, I have had "plasticky" FAJ 18-35 for many years, and it 's still like new. BRM eckinator wrote: I don't get it - what is the big idea with the L

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread eckinator
I don't get it - what is the big idea with the L lenses? A plastic bayonet ring? Saves like what, 10 grams? Wouldn't it be cheaper to have one production line less? 2009/9/17 Margus Männik : > http://www.pentax.jp/english/news/2009/200918.html > Even worse than expected... > > BR, Margus > > > Alu

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Margus Männik
http://www.pentax.jp/english/news/2009/200918.html Even worse than expected... BR, Margus AlunFoto wrote: Link or vapor! :-) Jostein 2009/9/15 Thibouille : ...but interesting still. So quickly after K-7... Pentax are you mad? xD -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- P

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Cotty wrote: >>we don't need any lubricant to >>find our way to the bottom. > > Godders please - some decorum dear chap. On the PDML? -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:44 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Ken Waller wrote: >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f >> >> - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" >> >> Subject: Re: You may want to check Pentax news

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-16 Thread P. J. Alling
Ken Waller wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645) John Sessoms wrote: From: "Bob W" Head-mounted, gyro-stabilized, eye-track

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-16 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645) John Sessoms wrote: From: "Bob W" Head-mounted, gyro-stabilized, eye-tracking, >

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-16 Thread P. J. Alling
John Sessoms wrote: From: "Bob W" Head-mounted, gyro-stabilized, eye-tracking, > all-weathers, all-light > > > camera; you trigger the shutter by clenching your teeth. [...] > > > > Does it have a remote buttock release? > > I cannot think of any circumstances where releasing your > buttock

RE: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-16 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Bob W" Head-mounted, gyro-stabilized, eye-tracking, > all-weathers, all-light > > > camera; you trigger the shutter by clenching your teeth. [...] > > > > Does it have a remote buttock release? > > I cannot think of any circumstances where releasing your > buttocks to roam free over

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-16 Thread Miserere
2009/9/16 paul stenquist : > I don't care enough to be disappointed. Cameras are tools. I've never been > disappointed with the release of a screwdriver or hammer. Ditto for cameras. > Paul > > On Sep 16, 2009, at 2:59 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > >> I find it a bit more soothing just to check the Pen

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/9/09, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >I don't care enough to be disappointed. Cameras are tools. I've never >been disappointed with the release of a screwdriver or hammer. Ditto >for cameras. But cars, that's another thing eh ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/9/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >we don't need any lubricant to >find our way to the bottom. Godders please - some decorum dear chap. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com __

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread eckinator
Not bad actually, you could market it with a 'Never get stuck' spin... > 2009/9/15  : >> >> No one has yet suggested the name "K-Y" for the camera... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link d

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-16 Thread paul stenquist
I don't care enough to be disappointed. Cameras are tools. I've never been disappointed with the release of a screwdriver or hammer. Ditto for cameras. Paul On Sep 16, 2009, at 2:59 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I find it a bit more soothing just to check the Pentax news the day AFTER their sche

RE: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no, 645)

2009-09-16 Thread John Sessoms
I find it a bit more soothing just to check the Pentax news the day AFTER their scheduled announcements. It's not just Pentax. This "We're going to make a big announcement on such and such a date some months in the future" and building up to it with a continual hype always leads to disappointm

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Miserere wrote: > 2009/9/15  : >> >> No one has yet suggested the name "K-Y" for the camera... > > ...no, because that would be a slippery slope. Far as I can tell from this thread, we don't need any lubricant to find our way to the bottom. -- Godfrey godfreydi

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread Thomas Bohn
2009/9/16 : > No one has yet suggested the name "K-Y" for the camera... KYTV is long gone. :-( Thomas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread Miserere
2009/9/15 : > > No one has yet suggested the name "K-Y" for the camera... ...no, because that would be a slippery slope. --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread P. J. Alling
Cory Waters wrote: m...@robertstech.com wrote: Graydon wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:20:49PM +0100, Bob W scripsit: Head-mounted, gyro-stabilized, eye-tracking, all-weathers, all-light camera; you trigger the shutter by clenching your teeth. [...]

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread P. J. Alling
Derby Chang wrote: Tim Bray wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Ken Waller wrote: K9. I've heard it's a real bow-wow. K360 is in a real spin. K180: big, heavy, ugly, hard to grip, FF. K100 - feels like a million dollars :-) K666 --- a devil

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread Christian
P. J. Alling wrote: Tim Bray wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Ken Waller wrote: K9. I've heard it's a real bow-wow. K360 is in a real spin. K180: big, heavy, ugly, hard to grip, FF. K100 - feels like a million dollars :-) K666 --- a devi

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread Cory Waters
m...@robertstech.com wrote: Graydon wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:20:49PM +0100, Bob W scripsit: Head-mounted, gyro-stabilized, eye-tracking, all-weathers, all-light camera; you trigger the shutter by clenching your teeth. [...]

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread AlunFoto
>>> K9. I've heard it's a real bow-wow. >> K360 is in a real spin. > K180: big, heavy, ugly, hard to grip, FF. K100 - feels like a million dollars :-) >>> K666 --- a devil of a camera >> Then there's the K-KK, which comes only in the white-body version. > Maybe there should be

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread Derby Chang
Tim Bray wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Ken Waller wrote: K9. I've heard it's a real bow-wow. K360 is in a real spin. K180: big, heavy, ugly, hard to grip, FF. K100 - feels like a million dollars :-) K666 --- a devil of a camera

RE: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread Bob W
> >> K9. I've heard it's a real bow-wow. > > > > K360 is in a real spin. > > >K180: big, heavy, ugly, hard to grip, FF. > > but enough about Bob's buttocks. > You owe me a keyboard! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE fr

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread AlunFoto
Link or vapor! :-) Jostein 2009/9/15 Thibouille : > ...but interesting still. > > So quickly after K-7... Pentax are you mad? xD > -- > Thibault Massart aka Thibouille > -- > Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... > Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB > Programing: D7 user (tr

Re: Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread Jens
I want a camera with built in Geo-tagging (GPS) feature :-) But I gues not that's what's comming :-( Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Sep 16, 2009 06:41 "Tim Bray" wrote: > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Ken Waller > wrote: > > K9. I've heard it's a real

RE: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread Malcolm Smith
> Bob W wrote: > Have you seen my buttocks? I can't believe you've lost them! Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
Tim Bray wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Ken Waller wrote: K9. I've heard it's a real bow-wow. K360 is in a real spin. K180: big, heavy, ugly, hard to grip, FF. K100 - feels like a million dollars :-) K666 --- a devil of a camera

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread Tim Bray
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > K9. I've heard it's a real bow-wow. K360 is in a real spin. >>> >>> K180: big, heavy, ugly, hard to grip, FF. >> >> K100 - feels like a million dollars :-) > > K666 --- a devil of a camera Then there's the K-KK, which comes on

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Cotty" Subject: Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645) On 15/9/09, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: K9. I've heard it's a real bow-wow. K360 is in

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Subject: Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645) Graydon wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:20:49PM +0100, Bob W scripsit: Head-mounted, gyro-stabilized, eye-tracking, all

RE: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread Desjardins, Steve
Cotty wrote: > On 15/9/09, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> K9. I've heard it's a real bow-wow. > > K360 is in a real spin. >K180: big, heavy, ugly, hard to grip, FF. but enough about Bob's buttocks. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread mark
> Graydon wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:20:49PM +0100, Bob W scripsit: >> >> Head-mounted, gyro-stabilized, eye-tracking, >> all-weathers, all-light >> camera; you trigger the shutter by clenching your teeth. [...] >> > Does it have a remote buttock release? >>

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:21:06PM +0100, Cotty wrote: > On 15/9/09, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >K9. I've heard it's a real bow-wow. > > K360 is in a real spin. I think it'll be a real K.O. -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning t

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Walker" I *really* do not want to see a photo and the caption, "Have you seen these cheeks?", on my milk carton some morning. LOL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
Graydon wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:20:49PM +0100, Bob W scripsit: Head-mounted, gyro-stabilized, eye-tracking, all-weathers, all-light camera; you trigger the shutter by clenching your teeth. [...] Does it have a remote buttock release? I canno

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/9/09, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> K9. I've heard it's a real bow-wow. >> >> K360 is in a real spin. > >K180: big, heavy, ugly, hard to grip, FF. K100 - feels like a million dollars :-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread Bruce Walker
Graydon wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:20:49PM +0100, Bob W scripsit: Head-mounted, gyro-stabilized, eye-tracking, all-weathers, all-light camera; you trigger the shutter by clenching your teeth. [...] Does it have a remote buttock release? I cannot think of any circumstances where releas

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-15 Thread Bruce Walker
Cotty wrote: On 15/9/09, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: K9. I've heard it's a real bow-wow. K360 is in a real spin. K180: big, heavy, ugly, hard to grip, FF. -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

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